ecology

ALBANY — New York has spent more than $250 million in recent years to preserve tracts of farmland, according to the Hochul administration, which touts...

OLEAN — Almost two dozen public car charging stations are expected to come to the downtown corridor thanks to almost half a million in state aid. Gov....

ALLEGANY — The monthly meeting of the Right Thinkers at its new location Monday focused on green energy policies, with a group of panelists expressing...

ALFRED — Alfred University, in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and U.S.-based company Silica-X, is studyi...

OLEAN — Four area school districts and one New Jersey school recently received grants supporting new projects and education opportunities, together to...

GUILDERLAND (TNS) — Her business is in good shape, but jewelry retailer Drue Sanders shares the view of other respondents in the 16th Annual Upstate N...

ALBANY — Several area projects will receive state help totaling nearly $1.1 million to improve the quality of streams and groundwater. Gov. Kathy Hoch...

ALBANY — New York State Senate Republicans unveiled Monday a package of energy policies to pursue a cleaner energy future — putting, they said, afford...

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized the federal response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as a “betrayal...

If things had gone a bit differently, the chemicals on the train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, could have exploded, killing people on the spo...

Should residents in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania be concerned that toxic chemicals might have drifted from the site of the Feb. 3 Ohio ...

CHICAGO (TNS) — With the recent Chicago Auto Show, talk of electric cars has kicked into high gear. It’s hard to turn on a radio or television and not...

A bottle bill expansion makes sense, but our waste crisis is bigger than that. New Yorkers are keen on proposals to expand the state’s Returnable Cont...

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is in its second year of studying moose in the Adirondacks, fitting 19 moose with...

ALBANY (TNS) — Nearly three-quarters of New Yorkers residents would like to to see the state’s recycling program expanded to include more types of bev...

Opponents of the proposed Alle-Catt Wind Farm across four northern Cattaraugus and Allegany county towns are gearing up for another fight over the pro...

ALBANY (TNS) — I have a confession to make. We have a gas stove. I hope that revelation doesn’t cause you to grimace in disgust, throw your newspaper/...

For decades, the West Valley Citizens Task Force, environmental groups and area county and local governments have pressed for a full cleanup at the We...